Air & Process Equipment Company (APEC) was founded in September 2016 by Jeremy Poague, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps Reserve and entrepreneur. To better understand the values and vision behind APEC, we urge you to read our company’s story.
Founded on hard work
Hard work, trustworthiness, attention to detail, honesty, loyalty, integrity, knowledge, skill, gratitude, and ambition are among many of the traits that led to Air & Process Equipment Company’s formation. Jeremy Poague, born to parents who were young entrepreneurs, began his own entrepreneurial endeavors while in 11th grade as a landscape, hardscape, deck building, and home remodel contractor. Jeremy worked after school hours, on weekends, and all summer long, building up his network of clientele, vendors, and go-to professionals.
Military service to entrepreneur
Jeremy’s business continued for several years following high school, allowing him to pay for, attend, and complete an entrepreneurship certificate program before moving on to serve his country by enlisting in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. From May 2003 until late 2003, Jeremy attended basic training at Parris Island, SC, Marine Combat Training in Camp Lejeune, NC, Motor Transport Operator school in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Upon his return, Jeremy continued his business but took a full-time position with a local industrial contractor where he gained an insight and experience into the industry.
By 2012, still in the Reserves, Jeremy deployed twice to the Iraq war theater and received an Associates in Arts in Business Administration while still maintaining many of his landscape clientele. Steve Cocks, the President and Owner of Resource Conservation Group (RCG), was one of Jeremy’s first landscaping clients from back in the Spring of 2000. Often serving as Jeremy’s mentor throughout the years, the two built up a relationship on trust and loyalty. In the autumn of 2012, it may have been “the right place at the right time,” but it was character that led Jeremy to take on a job as a Salesman and Project Manager for RCG.
Learning from the best
With his 40+ years’ experience, Steve Cocks was considered a master at industrial dust collection and ventilation. We once heard him referred to as, by another expert, a “human encyclopedia.” He only proposed what he thought was best for his clients. He was fair and honest and he cared.
It was the untimely passing of Steve in 2016, and the knowledge Steve passed on, that led Jeremy on to starting his own business venture in the field. We are extremely grateful of the opportunity Steve gifted us and proud to have been able to call him friend. This world lost a true gentleman, patriot, and contributor to society.
Continuing the tradition of premier service and expertise
Today, Air & Process Equipment Company, based in Lancaster County, PA, continues to serve with the same kind of excellence and expertise as was learned through RCG. We are the proud sales representative for Scientific Dust Collectors and have a collective network of vendor and consultant relationships to best serve you, the customer. We look forward to meeting you and becoming your go-to source for all of your industrial ventilation, heating, cooling, and dust collections needs!